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Snatch
Snatch

7.8

Snatch

R·2000·103m

Summary

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

Cast

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt

Mickey O'Neil

Jason Statham

Jason Statham

Turkish

Alan Ford

Alan Ford

Brick Top Polford

Stephen Graham

Stephen Graham

Tommy

Dennis Farina

Dennis Farina

Cousin Avi

Robbie Gee

Robbie Gee

Vincent

Lennie James

Lennie James

Sol

Benicio del Toro

Benicio del Toro

Franky Four Fingers

Rade Šerbedžija

Rade Šerbedžija

Boris "The Blade" Yurinov

Vinnie Jones

Vinnie Jones

Bullet-Tooth Tony

Ade

Ade

Tyrone

Mike Reid

Mike Reid

Doug "The Head" Denovitz

Jason Flemyng

Jason Flemyng

Darren

Ewen Bremner

Ewen Bremner

Mullet

Andy Beckwith

Andy Beckwith

Errol

Charles Cork

Charles Cork

MC

Sorcha Cusack

Sorcha Cusack

Mum O'Neil

Dave Legeno

Dave Legeno

John

Trevor Steedman

Bomber Harris

Velibor Topic

Velibor Topic

The Russian

William Beck

William Beck

Neil

Sam Douglas

Sam Douglas

Rosebud

Adam Fogerty

Adam Fogerty

Gorgeous George

Eric Meyers

Eric Meyers

Avi's Colleague

Jason Buckham

Gary

Mickey Cantwell

Liam

Nicola Collins

Alex

Teena Collins

Susi

James Cunningham

Horrible Man

Mickey Dee

Jack

Goldie

Goldie

Bad Boy Lincoln

Sid Hoare

Reuben

Ronald Isaac

Referee

Chuck Julian

Michael

Jason Ninh Cao

Charlie

Paul O'Boyle

Patrick

Jimmy Roussounis

Jimmy Roussounis

Paulie

Sidney Sedin

Pauline

Peter Szakacs

Sausage Charlie

John Taheny

Salt Peter

Mick Theo

Mad Fist Willy

Andy Till

John the Gun

Scott Welch

Horace "Good Night" Anderson

Michael Hughes

Gypsy Man

Liam McMahon

Liam McMahon

Gypsy Man

James Warren

James Warren

Gypsy Man

Austin Drage

Gypsy Kid

Liam Donaghy

Gypsy Kid

Joe Williams

Gypsy Kid

John Farnell

Brick Top's Henchman

Shaun Pearson

Brick Top's Henchman

Dean Smith

Brick Top's Henchman

Roy Snell

Brick Top's Henchman

Tim Faraday

Tim Faraday

Policeman

Andrew Shield

Policeman

Guy Ritchie

Guy Ritchie

Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

Elwin 'Chopper' David

Boxer (uncredited)

Alex Andreas

Alex Andreas

Pikey Man (uncredited)

Dian Bachar

Dian Bachar

Brick Henchman (uncredited)

Sol Campbell

Sol Campbell

Bouncer (uncredited)

Tom Delmar

Thug with Head Crushed in Door (uncredited)

Christopher Fosh

Bricktop's Henchman (uncredited)

John Hathaway

John Hathaway

Bricktop's Barman (uncredited)

Tim Packham

Gypsy Man (uncredited)

Peter Rnic

Peter Rnic

Irish Traveller (uncredited)

Yuri Stepanov

Himy

Crew

Director, Writer

Guy Ritchie

Reviews

John Chard

John Chard

July 5, 2015

8

In the quiet words of the Virgin Mary... come again?

Snatch seems to be one of those spunky British gangster films that critics are divided on, yet it's loved by the target audience. Guy Ritchie has done a Sam Raimi, he has remade the first film that put him on the cinematic map. Where Raimi remade The Evil Dead, and just called it Evil Dead II, Ritchie cheekily tries to get away with remaking Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and calling it Snatch. Sure the circumstances in plotting are different, and there's a big American star brought in to beef things up for the global market, but it's the same movie and without doubt it's lazy film making. But it still - like Evil Dead II - Rocks!

Snatch in story terms is concerned with a big diamond that stitches together a number of threads involving the London underworld. Some rough and tough Romany types join in the fun, headed by a purposely illegible Brad Pitt, while Dennis Farina, Benicio Del Toro and Rade Serbedzija add more cosmopolitan meat to the crooks and gangster stew. The British cement holding the building up comes in the twin forms of Jason Statham and Stephen Graham, with Vinnie Jones once again turning up to frighten the masses. Everything from bare knuckle fighting to bumbled robberies - to dog fighting and shifty arcade empires - are here, with Ritchie writing characterisations that positively boom off of the screen.

As with "Lock-Stock", the beauty is in the way violence and humour are deftly blended. Scenes are often bloody but also bloody funny, a pearl of dialogue is never far away from a perilous situation. The comic tone is more close to the knuckle here, Ritchie having fun toying with ethnic and machismo stereotypes, while he brings his bag of visual tricks before it got boring. The narrative is deliciously complex, but much credit to Ritchie for the way he pulls all the threads neatly together in a whirl of scene splicing and cocky literary assuredness.

So it's "Lock-Stock 2" then! No bad thing if you happen to be a fan of that sort of wide boy malarkey. If you don't like it? Then jog on sunshine. 8/10

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$10,000,000.00

Revenue:

$83,600,000.00

Keywords

robbery
trailer park
england
gypsy
gambling
bare knuckle boxing
slang
antwerp
pig
gangster
boxer
underground fighting
diamond heist
pikey